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CHINO HILLS >> An energetic, joyful spirit who — as the only girl in the neighborhood — often beat the boys at athletic competitions.

An always-smiling face who helped her family deliver Christmas gifts to neighbors’ doors every year.

A model of academic success.

A name heard on the news, a victim of a horrifying shooting rampage near UC Santa Barbara that left seven dead, including gunman Elliot Rodger.

Katie Cooper was remembered Sunday a bit differently by each of the neighbors on the carefully manicured, stucco-and-clay-roofed cul-de-sac where she had lived for 16 years, but was universally praised.

“Everyone loved Katie. Everyone always loved her since we were little,” said Jacob Morales, 22, who was a grade behind Cooper from elementary school to her 2010 graduation from Ruben S. Ayala High School.

Morales said he, Cooper and her brothers often played together and went to each other’s houses when they were younger. As she grew up, he saw her all over the place.

“She was involved in everything,” he said. “She never slowed down.”

Cooper, 22, was an art history and archaeology student and a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Her aunt told the Daily Mail she had a 4.8 GPA and did a lot of charity fundraising for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis.

The Coopers’ driveway was packed with six cars of friends and relatives comforting the family, and periodically others stopped by to drop off food and a hug.

The family pleaded for space to process the tragedy.

“Please, no press,” said a note in all capital letters on the family’s door. “We appreciate your kindness to want to find out about Katie’s life, but we are choosing to remember her in our own way. Thank you, the Cooper family.”

Neighbor Sandra Bettencourt said she would go over in a while, when just a bit of the rawness was gone.

“I don’t know what to say. What can anyone say?” Bettencourt said. “I think I should go, though. She stood out, wherever she was. She was just such a sweetheart. ... The family was very well-respected, just the perfect family.”